January 29th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
So far in 2018, the euro and sterling have consistently strengthened against the US dollar. Indeed, EUR/USD has shown more than a 5% gain top to bottom since the turn...
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January 26th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
Sterling lost some ground against the euro and the US dollar yesterday, but over the last two weeks it has strengthened significantly against the dollar and, to a...
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January 25th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
What a difference a few words make. US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke at the Davos Switzerland World Economic Forum on Tuesday evening, where he welcomed a...
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January 24th, 2018
By Christopher Nye
Yesterday, sterling managed to break through the $1.40 barrier as it had been threatening to do for so long. To put that in context, there has been a whopping 4% swing...
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January 23rd, 2018
By Christopher Nye
With no real economic data releases yesterday, market movements were always likely to come from other channels. The US government shutdown moved into its third day and...
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January 22nd, 2018
By Christopher Nye
Black Friday appears to have a lot to answer for given Friday’s release of retail sales figures for December. The market had expected them to decline by 0.6% but...
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